I’ve been estranged from my stepfather for just over 10 years since him and my mother divorced. Following their separation, we continued to have a close relationship and he said I’d always be his daughter. Unfortunately things got quite ugly with him and my family and in the end he cut ties with me. He had raised me most of my life, I was 21 at the time he left and although that is an adult, I felt like a child completely abandoned. This has left me with a lot of pain over the years, particularly going through having my children and getting married knowing he was not there. I felt like I’d mourned my dad I had as an child, even though he had not died. In recent years I’ve thought what might happen if I tried to contact him. Would he want to talk to me? Would he reject me and I’d feel hurt all over again? There’s so many times in my life I think of the dad I had and how much he’s missed. anyone have a similar story to mine? Any advice?